[Dixielandjazz] Rachmaninov (was Rimsky Korsakoff)

Bill Haesler bhaesler at bigpond.net.au
Wed Jul 25 17:40:18 PDT 2012


ROBERT R. CALDER wrote in part on a slow DJML day:
> Rachmaninov does however have some jazz pedigree, with the parody in the RUSSIAN RAG of a Mr. Cobb, which was redone in a brilliantly funny solo piano recording by Joe Sullivan, who gave the item another name I can't for the moment remember. 

Dear Robert,
Joe Sullivan's "Little Rock Getaway" is probably the tune you are thinking of.
With a hint of the Rachmaninov and "Zonky' by Fats Waller and Andy Razaf.
Also used by Sullivan as the basis for his "In A Minor Mood".
Very kind regards,
Bill.


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